Course title

Honors Biology Online

Pre-requisite

N/A

Course description

Honors Biology: This compelling full-year course engages students in a rigorous honors-level curriculum that emphasizes the study of life and its real-world applications. This course examines biological concepts in more depth than general biology and provides a solid foundation for collegiate-level coursework. Course components include biochemistry; cellular structures and functions; genetics and heredity; bioengineering; evolution; structures and functions of the human body; and ecology. Throughout the course; students participate in a variety of interactive and hands-on laboratory activities that enhance concept knowledge and develop scientific process skills; including scientific research and technical writing. This course is designed as an exploratory biology course with the express purpose of exposing outstanding students to scientific concepts and principles in the area of living organisms. This course carries a lab science credit. An in-depth study of traditional biology topics will be supplemented with research projects and open-ended labs. Labs two (2) hours each.

School country

United States

School state

Arizona

School city

Tempe

School / district Address

500 West Guadalupe Road

School zip code

85283

Requested competency code

Lab Science

Date submitted

Approved

Yes

Approved competency code

  • LADV
  • Advanced science
  • LBIO
  • Biology

Approved date

Online / Virtual

Yes